Board:   [fsxNet] fsx General
Subject: Re: diet soda
From:    Adept(21:2/108)
Date:    Tue Sep 01, 2026 06:38

 MM> I am thinking I might need to go drinking diet soda regularly for awhile
 MM> and see if that
 MM> does make an impact in preventing weight gain from my normal diet/food
 MM> routine.

I've read about research that says that, since it's sweet, the body expects calories, and this winds up making people hungrier.

But consuming fewer calories is (generally) hard, where super-tasty and high-calorie things are easily available.

That said, on this particular thing, I wound up drinking less soda pop by first drinking Dry soda pop (so, a brand by the name of "Dry"), where they intentionally included less sugar without introducing other sweeteners.

Then eventually moved to flavored sparkling water, then to just sparkling water, and now that scratches whatever itch soda pop did.

And now I can drink the occasional soda pop, and while it'll taste extra sweet, I don't feel quite so addicted to it.

Not that that helps with caffeine, if that's what you're consuming.

Regardless, good luck.

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